Interpreting the Balance Sheet, One Entry at a Time
Having introduced you to the tools and techniques of Financial Analysis, we will next look at the various Financial Statements on which these tools and techniques are applied. Among the various Financial Statements, we first take a look at the …
15 Crores to 1300 Crores revenue, Tofler takes a look at MakeMyTrip
Continuing with its series on technology start-ups and their financial performance, Tofler takes a look at MakeMyTrip and explores how they have fared in the past decade. Starting its journey in 2000 from USA, MakeMyTrip was the first in India …
Tools and Techniques of Financial Statement Analysis
The previous article in the Financial Statement Analysis Series gave an introduction to the financial analysis and mentioned the various statements for analysis and the various users who would be interested in the same. In this article, we will take …
10 Must Know Facts about Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali
From medicinal products to cosmetics, Patanjali has launched itself in the FMCG sector and is growing by leaps and bounds. In this article, Tofler takes a look at Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali. The trademark Patanjali is owned by the company Patanjali …
Financial statement analysis – a quick introduction
Financial statement analysis is the application of analytical tools and techniques to general-purpose financial statements and related data to derive estimates and inferences useful in business analysis. What are financial statements? Financial …
Corporate Landscape of India
Have you ever wondered how many companies are there in India? If you provide loan to Companies, sell them services or are involved in industry analysis, then this question must have occurred to you. Perhaps you know the answer too. …
Six preliminary checks to ensure that a Company is genuine
Have you got a job offer from a company you haven’t heard of? Or got a great deal on internet but want to know the whereabouts of the company offering it? These concerns are genuine. You might feel the requirement …
How valuable is your hair?
Ever wondered what happens to hair shaved off and offered at Thirupathi? Or to the hair cut at Salons? Many of us may have an idea that it goes for making hair wigs, clip-ons, wefts, hair extensions, …
Can’t think without your glasses? Check out Lenskart and their journey of giving you the right “frame” of mind
Lenskart was started in Year 2010 by Peyush Bansal and today is the biggest online retailer of eye wear in India. The trademark ‘Lenskart’ is registered under the name Lenskart Solutions Private Limited (Source: www.tofler.in). Lenskart operates an e-retail platform …
You can’t guess this one. You hear about it all the time, but a look at its revenues will blow your mind ;)
Its revenues are in the order of INR 440 crores in Financial Year 2014-2015. Its net profit is a whopping INR 106 crores which is 27% growth over the past year. It’s not a petroleum company and it’s not an …
Flexing muscles with Baahubali: Arka Media and its growth story
Baahubali has already made a box office collection of ₹ 425 Crores and is being referred to as the magnum opus of Indian cinema with its spell binding visuals and performances. Any praise that we do will be showing a …
Explore the business side of Shahrukh Khan!
The Times of India recently reported Shahrukh Khan as the second richest actor in the world, estimating his net worth to be at $600 million. This also puts him as the richest actor in the country way ahead of his …
[Update: YourStory made revenue of INR 4.5 crores in FY 14-15] The success story of ‘YourStory’
YourStory has reported its latest revenue figures for the FY 2014-15. The company has reported revenue of INR 4.6 crores which grew by 15% over the previous year. However, the company reported a loss of INR 19 lacs as against …
Snapdeal grew 5 times. But what about its losses?
We have all heard about start up companies, their valuations and revenues. Snapdeal being one of them, about which, we hear every other day and where our girlfriends shop more often than we hear about it ;) So Snapdeal revenues …
Six things a ‘CIN’ of a Company can tell you
What is CIN? Do you deal with companies? Have you ever come across a alphanumeric 21 digit code called CIN? Whenever you will look at Company’s details, you would see a CIN i.e Company Identification Number. As the name …